letterpress
I’ve been home from New York City for nearly a week now, and as usual, I’m still walking on air!...
Until last week, I didn’t know what the Sad Girls Bar was — but that all changed when an embargoed...
Today is indeed the day June, AKA Pride Month, kicks off, but for months now, Sky of Blue Cards has been quietly working behind the scenes so you can get your brightest rainbow on. These heavy-duty, holographic stickers are just calling out for a backpack or water bottle to stick...
Now that it’s been a solid few weeks since *Noted and SF Now has come and gone, I’m trying to...
I’m definitely still recovering from what was literally a 5,000-mile (round) trip, but as I suddenly realized on the incredible...
During this past *Noted, I couldn’t help falling in love with the Meet The Maker videos. These short intros were designed to circumvent the digital format of that event and allow buyers to get acquainted with brands they are considering taking on. While nothing can ever replace actually hobnobbing in...
Back at the turn of this century, houses of letterpress completely dominated the entire market. Inspired by Martha Stewart, would-be...
Pre-COVID, my last work trip, in February 2020, was judging the 31st Annual LOUIE Awards in Washington, D.C. Semi-post-COVID, my...
Subscription boxes are nothing new of course, but then again, neither is letterpress! Although the printing method was founded in the mid-fifteenth century and lifted humanity out of the dark ages, there was a time in early 21st century stationery design when letterpress was the rule, not the exception. There...
If you are like me on this Black Friday of 2020, you woke up to a dizzying in-box full of...
Is it just me, or are all my favorite makers suddenly at the tippy top of their games? Maybe I...
Hopefully by now most of you have heard of 18 Million Thanks, a very passionate passion project started by Ryan and Juju of Good Juju Ink. The idea is simple: Send 18 million thanks to the 18 million health care workers in the United States. Since then, 50+ greeting card companies...